Casket-handle.



E. R. SARGENT.

CASKET HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED lulu 2.1911.

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E. R. SAR GENT.

CASKET HANDLE- APPLICATION HLED JUNE 2, IQII V 1,301,176,, Patented Apr. 22,1919.

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UNiTED STATES PATEN EDWARD R. SARGENT, on NEW HAVE CCNNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR To SARGENT & x a C MPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CoNNECTICUT, A onroRATIoN or CCNNECTICUT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. SARCENT, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of New Haven,--State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin' Casket-Handles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to casket handles, and it has particular reference to those of the type wherein a handle bar is supported by arms pivoted to so-called socket plates.

The invention also has special reference to handles of, this type which are made wholly from sheet metal and which are of the cheaper: grade.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide what I mayterm an all steel handle which is of very low cost.

Another object of the invention is to provide a composite construction of steelarm in.which a thin flat plate of steel or similar metal," which is sufficiently strong to take up most of the lifting strain, hasapplied theretoa finishing plate, also preferably of steel, which can be stamped or otherwise ornannentedin any suitable manner.

Another object of theinvention is to provide i'mproved means for pivoting the arm to the socket plate.

.To these and other ends, the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of parts toybe hereinafter described and claimed.

11a he accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a casket handle embodying my. improvements, showing part of the handle bar;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation;

.Fig. 3 isa rear elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1; a

F'g.{1 isa section on line 4.4 of Fig. 3;

V Fig; 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 3

with the arm in its .lowermost position .Fig. 6 is a View similar toFig. 5, showing the arnrin its raised position Fig. 7 is a detail of the main which thearm is constructed; e

Fig. 8 is a section on line 8 -8 of Fig. 1; Figs. 9,9fiand 10 are details hereinafter described; j 1 i! plate from CAsKET-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

Application filed June 2, 1917. Serial No. 1722,4556.

'the attaching screws (not shownlare passed.

At the lower middle part of the plate 20, the same is provided with an opening for the passage of the arm .22. .This opening is in the form of a T-shaped slot 23 (Figs. 9. and 9 The vertical part. of the slot receives the main plate 24 of'the arm 22 and the upper transverse part of the slot, which may be slightly curved as shown, receives the finishing plate 25 of the arm, which finishing plate is applied tothe edge of the main plate. The. blank from which the main plate is made is shown in detail in Fig. 7. At one end of theplate the same is provided with an opening 26, and extending into this opening is a lug 27 having a hole 28. The lug .27 is subsequently bent laterally, as shown in Fig. 3, and the hole 28, which is screw threaded; receives a screw 29, which secures the handlebar 30in place in the opening, 26, as shown in Fig. 2. At theupper end of the main plate 24, the same is provided with a head or enlargement 31 having a rearwardly directed integral lug 32. This lug 32 cooperates-with a bridge piece 33 which extends .over the T-shaped slot from top to bottom and is riveted to the over, as shown at 32 in Fig. 3, so as to overlie the rear surface of the curved part of the bridge piece .atone side of the sled-36. In this iiianner,-the arm is retained agalnst outward displacement in its socket and pivotal movement of the arm in the socket is provided for. The lug 32 also limits the lifting movement of the arm, for when the arm is lifted to the extent shown in Fig. 6 the lug abuts the lower part of the bridge piece adjacent the lower end of the slot 36 in said bridge piece, as shown. In this manner, the lifting strain is transmitted -ef-.

side edges 39 of the lower part of the finishing plate which are located adjacent the handle bar 30 are brought flush with the inner edge-of the opening or socket 26 in the main arm plate so as to bear on the handle and thereby prevent it from eanting. In this mamier, a broad bearing of the arm on the bar over a considerable part of the circumference of the bar is provided.

The finishing plate preferably terminates at a point which is just beneath the bar when the arm is in the pendant position as shown in Fig. 2. This finishing plate may be stamped or otherwise ornamented in many different ways, and different kinds of finishing plates may be used with the same type of main arm plate, as will be obvious. The finishing plate in this form of the invention extends on both sides of the main arm plate, and as stated is formed as a separate part riveted to the edge of the main arm plate, the side edges of the finishing plate being bent down to engage the surface of a round bar received ina round opening in the lower part of the main arm plate.

In the form shown in Figs. 11, 12 and 13, the construction is quite similiar to that just described except that in this case the part of the finishing plate 25 which extends into proximity to the bar 30 is less arched in cross-section and its side edges do not engage the bar. 7 Here the side edges are spaced from the bar as shown in Fig. 13, but anextended bearing surface on the bar is provided by interrupting the main arm plate 2 1 at 40 and bending the arms thus formed in opposite directions to present lugs ll which extend longitudinally of the bar and bear thereon, as shown more particularly in Fig. 11. In this way canting of the bar with respect to the arm is to a large extent prevented.

By the construction described a very cheap but efficient steel handle may be provided, the parts of which can readily be made of sheet steel or other sheet metal by means of suitable dies.

Changes may be made in the details Without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.

I do not claim broadly herein a casket handle or the like, comprising a sheet metal socket plate having an opening, a support- .ing plate at the rear of said socketplate havin a rearwardl curved ortionrivets for connecting said supporting plate with said socket plate above and below said opening, and an arm having a portion passing through said opening, and provided with a retaining lug bent laterally to engage and ride on the rear surface of the curved por-' tion of said supporting plate, as claimed in my Patent No. 1,241,288, granted Sep 2. In a casket handle or the like, a sheet metal socket plate having a slot in the front wall thereof, a supporting plate riveted to said socket plate above and below said slot, said supporting plate having a slot alined with said first slot, and an arm having a thin flat web extending through said slots and provided with a laterally bent lug engaging the rear surface of saidsupporting plate.

3. In a casket handle or the like, a sheet metal socket'plate having a T-shaped slot, a sheet metal arm of T-shaped cross-section engaging said slot, and means at the rear of the plate for pivoting the arm to the plate.

4. In a casket handle orthe like, a sheet metal socket plate having an elongated vertical slot with a lateral extension at the upper part thereof, a flat sheet metal arm member extending through the vertical part of said slot and having a lateral extension at the front part thereof engaging the lateral portion of said slot, and means at the rear of said socket plate for pivoting said arm member thereto.

5. In a casket handle or the like, a socket plate having an elongated vertical slot with a lateral extension at the upper part thereof, a flat sheet metal arm member extending through the vertical-part of said slot and having a lateral extension atthe front part a retaining lug on said arm member engagthrough said slots, said arm having a lug ing said slotted plate. slidably engaging the convex surface of said 6. In a casket handle or the like, a base arcuate plate, whereby said arm is pivotally 1 plate having a slot in the front Wall thereof, secured to said base plate. an arcuate plate having a slot therein In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set mounted upon the rear face of said base my hand on the 1st day of June, 1917. plate, and a sheet metal arm extending EDWARD R. SARGENT.

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Washington, D. G. 

